Do any of you have that Kingdom Ministry from last year? I believe in December. In that particular issue they were telling the JW's not to send their disaster relief checks with "hurricane Katrina" on them, but rather make the checks out payable to the "worldwide work" I would love to get my hands on a copy of this? does anyone have it, and also does anyone have the link to the post here concerning it? Thanks, Dave
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by Junction-Guy 2 Replies latest jw friends
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NanaR
Dave,
I don't have the links concerning it, but here is the KM article from 11/05 KM, pg. 3:
Quotes are in italics, my comments are red.
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km 11/05 p. 3
How Can We Help?
1 The question “How can we help?” is often raised by Jehovah’s Witnesses when they hear of a disaster that has occurred in some part of the world. As the account at Acts 11:27-30 shows, Christians in the first century provided a relief ministration to the brothers dwelling in Judea because of a famine that took place.
2 In modern times, our organizational charters have permitted money to be used for charitable activity and to provide humanitarian assistance to those suffering from natural or man-made disasters and in other times of need.
(As a tax exempt charitable organization, we have to at least APPEAR charitable...)
3 For example, last year many brothers contributed toward helping those affected by the tsunami disaster in South Asia. This heartfelt response in the way of donations to the organization’s relief funds was very much appreciated. However, when donations are earmarked specifically for a certain disaster, it is necessary in some countries to use such funds only for the purpose specified by the donor and within a certain period of time, whether the needs of our brothers have been cared for locally or not.
(In other words, we might want to use the money for something else...)
4 Consequently, it is recommended that donations for humanitarian and relief assistance be made to the worldwide work. This fund is used for relief efforts as well as for advancing the spiritual needs of the Christian brotherhood. If, for some reason, a person wishes to make a relief donation separate from contributions to the worldwide work, it will still be accepted and used wherever there is a need for relief assistance. However, it would be appreciated if such donations are made without restrictions as to where and how the funds may be used.
(So we don't have to justify that new condo for the GB...)
5 Our directing donations primarily to the worldwide work allows for more funds to be available for use in connection with all features of the Kingdom work rather than being held only for future relief needs.
(After all, you know we're short of money -- we just told you we're laying off Bethelites)
This is in harmony with the spirit of Ephesians 4:16, that we work together to give what is needed “for the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.”
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Typical of the JW mindset.
Even United Way lets contributors designate HOW their donations are going to be used. This is very fishy. It prevents the WTS from having to account for funds designated for a specific purpose -- so noone knows how much was actually received OR spent on relief work.
GAG
NanaR
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Junction-Guy
Thanks, yes that is the exact article I was looking for, now if I could get my hands on a copy of it.